--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For film and eposodic TV buffs, > > There is a list of top 250 films, with Godfather top ranked at 9.1 / > 10. But there is apparently no "list top" for eposodic TV / cable > shows. But Sopranos is the highest ranked that I can find, at 9.5. > Deadwood 9.3. Rome and Entourage 9.2 (which is an interesting show). > > Does anyone know a way to list all top eposodic TV? (there is a tv- > mini-series one, but they do not include cable eposodic, like > Sopranos).
TV.com has user-generated ratings, both overall and for specific genres like SciFi. > And should great eposodic be higher rated than great films? > Opinions. I'll offer one, as a lifetime film fan with a huge body of films I've seen under my belt, and lately a growing appreciation of good episodic TV, and also as a writer. A film is usually around two hours long. That's the length of time you have to develop characters and plot. A TV series has 12 hours or 24 hours in which to do the same thing. Episodic TV has a more leisurely pace, and can TAKE ITS TIME with such things. In the hands of a hack, you get hack TV. But in the hands of a master, you get mastery. It's the difference between a short story or a novella and a novel. Same thing as above. With a hack writer, any of the three will be terrible. But in the hands of a master, a novel offers more flexibility and creative possibilities than a short story or a novella does. Just my opinion. > For eposidic fans, how would you rank the series you have watch / > are watching? And why. I would rank a few of them (Firefly, Deadwood, John >From Cincinnati, Dexter) very highly indeed. On a lesser level I like House, Battlestar Galactica (the new one, of course), and occasional others. > btw, HBO, and some Showtime series, pear season (typically 6-discs) > have had 50% price cuts at BestBuy and on Amazon. Rome, Deadwood > etc, each year, selling at around $40 down from $85 -- recent > regular price at both outlets. Ebay is a good source for these, at greatly reduced prices. People watch them, realize they'll never watch them again, and sell them off cheap.
